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Three Mile Island Development Of Nuclear
1,304 wordsThe effects caused by a nuclear power accident, on the scale of the April 26, 1986 Chernobyl accident, must override any inclination to side with advocates for nuclear power. Surely we have all heard the expression Im only human. If we are indeed only human, and consequently prone to error, we could never perfectly manage and contain an energy as potentially destructive as that of nuclear power, without the possibility of a nuclear accident. Furthermore, the wastes generated by nuclear power, wh...
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Low Income Families Child Abuse And Neglect
1,182 wordsThe federal government classifies a family as poor if its pretax cash income falls below a certain minimum standard. This standard was established by dividing the average expenditure for a minimally adequate diet by the average share of family income spent on food. The federal poverty line is adjusted for family size and for changes in the average cost of living in the United States, but it is not adjusted for regional or local differences. The number of children living in low-income families is...
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Erectile Dysfunction Sexual Dysfunction
645 wordsThe article being reviewed Is from the February 22, 1999 issue of U. S. News and World Report. It is titled Not tonight, dear and is written by Wray Herbert. The article is separated into three parts dealing with sex and marriage, different statistics between the races, and the treatment of sexual dysfunction. There are a number of interesting facts in the intro that should be stated before a review of the articles body commences. The author cites a recent report consisting of interviews from 3,...
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Child Abuse Prevention Child Abuse And Neglect
1,091 wordsThe Bastard Out of Carolina is a book that deals with many emotions and Issues. The one issue that sticks out like a soar thumb to me is child abuse. We see this thorough out the book. We see a little girl named Bone Boat write Get abused by her stepfather Glenn. He is able to get away with this because Bone is too scared to speak up and let someone know what is going on. Bone also does not want her mother to know what is going on because she Sees that her mother loves Daddy Glenn and she is hap...
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Down Syndrome And Spina Bifida Cause Effects Treatment
635 wordsMany individuals are born with defects due to genetic factors. Some such defects occur because the child inherits a defective gene, or genes from the parents. Others are caused through mutations- spontaneous changes that occur to a gene or chromosome. Environmental factors affecting the foetus during the uterine development may also cause defects. If, during pregnancy, a woman smokes, consumes alcohol or other drugs, or suffers dietary deficiencies, the developing foetus may be adversely affecte...
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Months Of Age Hepatitis B
655 wordsGeneral Information In the general population, hepatitis B is considered primarily a sexually transmitted disease. It is also transmitted in blood and, prior to the availability of hepatitis B vaccine, health care professionals such as doctors, nurses, and emergency personnel were at risk for contracting hepatitis B. Because it is easily transmitted by blood (one virus particle can cause disease), intravenous drug users who share needles and syringes are at extremely high risk. The other common ...
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Black Or White Sense Of Personal
799 wordsStudies of the incidence and intensity of spanking often provide evidence that most parents have spanked their children. About 90 % of parents in the United States report having spanked their children (Day 80). In a research project done using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, researchers examined the antecedents of parents spanking behavior. This study represents an important step forward in understanding the profile of parents who spank their children. Even though the study had little...
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Conflict In Romantic Relationships
1,414 wordsAs long as people have gotten romantically involved with one another, there has been conflict within those relationships. Some people argue that conflict is bad for the relationship and will ultimately lead to the demise of that relationship. Others argue that the conflict is good for the relationship and will help it to flourish. Conflict can be both positive and negative for a relationship. It can both help and hinder the relationship. No matter what stage the relationship is in and whether or...
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Parts Of The Body Prostate Cancer
928 wordsProstate cancer is cancer of the prostate gland. The prostate is part of the male reproductive system. This gland is locates inside the body at the base of the penis, just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. It is composed of the glandular and fibrous tissue enclosed in a capsule of connective tissue. The prostate is in the shape of a donut and about the size of a walnut. It surrounds the first inch or so of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder. Normal functions of...
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Leading Cause Of Death Native Americans
1,015 wordsNative Americans Today Although only a handful of the more than 500 Federally recognized tribes have benefited from gaming, mainstream America seems obsessed by the idea that Native Americans are basking in unmeasured wealth. The truth is that desperate conditions of poverty and unemployment remain widespread throughout Indian Country. Even worse is the deplorable state of health care in many Indian communities. While a substantial number of Americans struggle to secure affordable health insuran...
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State Of Mind Lyrical Ballads
1,030 wordsWilliam Wordsworth Poem William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, West Cumberland, located in the northern part of England's Lake District. This part of England is famous for its splendid array of natural landscape. Wordsworth mother died when he was just eight years old, Wordsworth was sent to live with Ann Tyson, who permitted Wordsworth to freely wandering around the beautiful landscape near Esthwaite Lake. The autonomy Ann Tyson gave young Wordsworth allowed him to feel n...
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Cerebral Palsy Nerve Fibers
777 wordsCerebral Palsy is a range of neuromuscular disorders caused by injury to an infants brain sustained during late pregnancy, birth, or any time during the first two years of life. People with cerebral palsy have a wide range of difficulties, from a clumsy walk to an inability to speak or swallow, caused by faulty messages sent from the brain to the muscles. In the mid- 1800 s, William Little, an English physician, first described cerebral palsy in connection with birth injuries. Approximately 2 pe...
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Children With Down Syndrome Extra Chromosome
446 wordsDown Syndrome Report by: SCHOOL SUX The chromosomal abnormality involved in most cases of Down syndrome is trisomy- 21, or the presence of three copies of the 21 st chromosome. As a result, the affected person has 47 chromosomes in all body cells instead of the normal 46, although how this causes the conditions symptoms is not yet known. Scientists assume that the reason for the abnormal chromosomal assortment is the fertilization of an ovum having 24 chromosomes by a sperm with a normal assortm...
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Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina
769 wordsThe under counting is due in large part to inaccurate coding of deaths because of strict recording requirements that prevent statisticians at the state level from reporting deadly abuse without a prior history of such violence, experts say. The study is published in this weeks issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Everyone in the field of child abuse has known this, says Marcia Herman-Giddens, a child health expert at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health i...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Mental Retardation
608 wordsfetal alcohol syndrome The 1990 s is witnessing the significant impact alcohol-related birth defects are having on our society. These birth defects are caused by maternal use of alcohol during pregnancy which are irreversible, yet preventable. The most severe outcome, fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), to the less easily diagnosed fetal alcohol effects (FAE). The incidence of FAS is estimated at. 33 per 1, 000 live births. The estimated incidence of FAE is three times that of FAS. With an annual cost...
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Aggressive Behavior Criminal Activity
808 wordsThe enduring characteristics of an individuals behavior, attitude, and feelings in everyday social situations make up personality. There are many influences on an individuals personality, including culture, genetic makeup, and early family life. Personality studies reveal the relationship between specific types of personalities and the incidence of disease, divorce, and stress-related problems. In the nurture stance society and culture play the most important part in the individuals mental growt...
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Line Item Veto Line Item Veto Method President
983 wordsThe Line Item Veto President Clinton signed into law the Line item veto act of 1996, on April 9, 1996. The Impoundment Control Act were amended by adding at the end a new part on line item veto. The section added to the ICA is named the Public Laws 104 - 130. The Line Item Veto was added to the powers of the president on January 1, 1997. The power of the Line Item veto will then be Terminated on the sunset of December 31, 2004. Previously the constitution allowed the president only to either agr...
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African American Males African American Men
1,213 wordsThe prostate gland is an egg-sized organ that rings the male urethra. The secretions of the prostate give nutrients to the semen. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death in men. (Ernstoff, Heaney, Peschel, 1998, piii) Like all cancers, prostate cancer is an uncontrolled cell production in a particular organ or area of the body. In the case of prostate cancer, these cells begin to split impulsively in the prostate and form tumors. As ...
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Sports Medicine Health Promotion
779 wordsPOLICY PAPER: SPORTS INJURY The ICCWA notes that: 1. Sports injuries in Australia are estimated at 1 million per year. Around 200, 000 of these are regarded as serious and 40, 000 require hospitalisation or surgical intervention (CHPR, 1990). 2. There is a lack of standardised data on sports injuries in Australia, both in general, within sporting codes and for schools (CHPR, 1992). This lack of information is a barrier to injury prevention. 3. The direct medical cost of sports injuries in Austra...
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Dogs And Cats Humane Society
892 wordsWhat Every Pet Owner Should Know About Sterilization The number of homeless dogs and cats in the United States is unforgivably high. Blame for this problem should be appropriately placed on the millions of irresponsible pet owners in the country who refuse to take the time or make the effort to educate themselves of the advantages of having an animal sterilized. Neutering an animal is the process of removing its reproductive organs. Males are neutered by removing their testicles. Females are als...
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